How To Install hypervvssd on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hypervvssd on Fedora 34.
What is hypervvssd
Hypervvssd is an implementation of Hyper-V VSS functionality for Linux. The daemon is used for host initiated guest snapshot on Hyper-V hypervisor. The daemon first registers with the kernel driver. After this is done it waits for instructions from Windows Host if to “freeze” or “thaw” the filesystem on the Linux Guest.
We can use yum or dnf to install hypervvssd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hypervvssd.
Install hypervvssd on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install hypervvssd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install hypervvssd
Install hypervvssd on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install hypervvssd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hypervvssd
How To Uninstall hypervvssd on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the hypervvssd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove hypervvssd
hypervvssd Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/cfe0861e8b4959f70cf3c66f7d45ea08d0db34
/usr/lib/systemd/system/hypervvssd.service
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-hypervvss.rules
/usr/sbin/hypervvssd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hypervvssd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
